Human Trafficking Virtual Forum

Women United, together with Quinte Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition, will host an online forum to increase awareness and knowledge on the topic of sex trafficking in Hastings and Prince Edward counties.

This informative virtual forum will feature keynote speaker Simone Bell, Human Trafficking Victim Support Specialist, Ottawa Police Service.

• At 21, Simone Bell was lured into the clandestine world of human trafficking. She was sexually exploited by her trafficker and sold to men from Montreal, to Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls. The ordeal lasted four years before she managed to escape.

Simone, along with O.P.P. Detective Inspector Jennifer Patton and other local human trafficking support advocates, will bring us an informative, eye-opening and emotional presentation about the issue of sex trafficking and how women and girls in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties are affected.

For questions please contact Melanie Cressman

Director, Donor Relations

United Way Hastings & Prince Edward

[email protected]

Event Venue

Online